From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jan 31 2004 - 11:27:59 PST
BTW, I just added one page to the 209-10, your post... Bjorn
>From: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] My big green truck won't start (reply to Ronzo
>Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:46:48 -0500
>
> Heck, I don't mean to insult anyone and I hope I can get to be 1/100th as
>knowledgeable as RAM when I get REALLY crusty like him (I'm just a little
>crunchy around the edges right now).
> When Newbies (I still am after 3 years) get their 1st deuce, all kinds
>of weird things happen. Hopefully, we have friends to help us in the
>beginning or at least explain to the list and family what we did wrong and
>why we are now in a better place ( respectful moment of silence for HMV
>collectors who have, so to speak, screwed the pooch ).
> If the then President of the MVMVC, Larry Damour hadn't been present
>when we first got my Deuce started, I might not be here and neither would
>the engine in my Deuce. He learned about Deuces in the service, had his own
>M109 and knew what to do when the engine 'ran away' when we finally got it
>started. While I sat there behind the wheel with absolutely no clue of what
>to do as the engine RPMs passed 28 gazillion and sent a solid plume of
>exhaust 100 feet in the air, I sat there like a deer caught in headlights,
>both feet on the dash trying to pull the entire "ENGINE STOP'" assembly
>out
>of the dash board, with no effect. My other partners in crime were
>splitting
>in all directions ( nothing but asses and elbows in motion AWAY from my
>vantage point), when suddenly the engine started to slow down, and then
>after a few seconds, stuttered to a stop.
> Since the hood was up, I hadn't seen Larry come tearing TOWARDS the
>truck while everyone else remembered previous commitments in Canada, Cape
>Cod, Mexico and Hawaii. He yanked the mushroom cap off the intake, leaned
>across the fender, planted his chest across the intake and wrapped his arms
>around the air cleaner housing while trying to find that little air intake
>opening on the back with his hands. He literally saved my engine and my
>legs, since a close reading of the -10 tells you that if this happens and
>you are behind the wheel, either stall it in 5th (if not moving) or unass
>the vehicle and run away in a direction to the REAR of the truck and wait
>for the Sarge to show up and bite some of your still living ass off while
>the FD checks buildings within a 1000 ft for shrapnel damage.
> A point to remember here is that the pressed on starter tooth ring on
>the
>flywheel is about on level with your mid thigh area, and as RPMs approach ,
>oh say, 3.5k, it tends to disassociate itself from the fly wheel in a
>spectacular manner, gaining you the new nick name of 'Stumpy' if you were
>still sitting behind the wheel playing 'pull the engine stop handle game'
>at
>the time of separation.
> Larry saved my truck (and me) because he is a Professional Fire
>Fighter
>by trade, (who just retired Dec 30 with full retirement benefits and all
>body parts intact, and is now devoting all {well, most} of his waking hours
>to HMV restoration. Congratulations Larry!!) and had learned to THINK and
>ACT under pressure. I had gone to a poorly planned Plan B, then Plan C and
>then lost the ability to think when that didn't work, instead just
>'looping'
>Plans A(try to start truck) and B(pull stop handle if it starts) and C
>(pull
>harder if it don't stop) over and over.
> That's what is so neat about the internet and this (and other)
>list(s).
>Instead of us being in the service and having the manuals furnished to us,
>being trained in the equipment operation and having other troops and
>Sergeants around to get us through the first couple of weeks with pithy
>statements about our families breeding habits and dope slaps, we have to
>rely on input from our 'mentors' like RAM and others on the list and in our
>clubs, concerning their experiences, to keep us from killing ourselves and
>others.
> I bought a set of -209 and -361 manuals, in binders, from a fellow
>GMMVC for $150 last fall. Better than the CD then, since my desktop was too
>heavy too carry into the bathroom. (Though the new Centrino laptop is a
>hoot, plus it keeps your legs warm while growing hemorrhoids). The manuals
>are indispensable to be sure, but the info gained here and in face to face
>meetings with other members at the rallies and fleas is beyond price and
>the
>real value of our hobby.
>
> That's my $0.05 worth,
> Ron (zo)
>
> BTW... If you wonder what I look like at a rally or flea, or how to
>find
>me, look for a long line by the Military Markings.com table, that usually
>has Hankie at the lead. I'm usually facing the line. Dope slaps can only be
>delivered by open hand. And unlike Barbara Billingsley, I do not speak
>official Jive, just the putzo type....
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Kealey" <cwkealey@charter.net>
>To: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>; "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
><mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: 31 January, 2004 11:13
>Subject: Re: [MV] My big green truck won't start (reply to Ronzo
>
>
> > Ron(zo) and everyone else helping me,
>
>
>
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